Angelo Mosca
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| Date of birth | February 13, 1937 |
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| Place of birth | Waltham, Massachusetts |
| Career information | |
| CFL status | National |
| Position(s) | DT |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
| Weight | 275 lb (125 kg) |
| College | Notre Dame |
| NFL draft | 1959 / Round: 30 / Pick: 350 |
| Drafted by | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1958–1959 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| 1960–1961 | Ottawa Rough Riders |
| 1962 | Montreal Alouettes |
| 1963–1972 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star | 1963, 1970 |
| CFL East All-Star | 1960, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1970 |
| Honors | 1960, 63, 65, 67, 72 - Grey Cup Champion |
| Career stats | |
Angelo Mosca (born February 13, 1937) is a former Canadian Football League player and professional wrestler. He is also known by the wrestling nicknames King Kong Mosca and The Mighty Hercules. Mosca has a son, Angelo Jr., who also wrestled. He was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1987, the Hamilton Sports Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.
Mosca attended the University of Notre Dame and was drafted by the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1959 in the 30th round (350th overall.) He had already decided to play in the CFL, in 1958 for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was traded to the Ottawa Rough Riders for Hardiman Cureton on August 15, 1960, and played for the Rough Riders in 1960 and 1961 before joining the Montreal Alouettes in 1962. He played his remaining years, 1963 to 1972 in Hamilton. He was a five-time all star.
Mosca played in nine Grey Cup games, more than any other player in CFL history, tied with his teammate John Barrow. Mosca's teams won five Grey Cup games, one with the Ottawa Rough Riders and four with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He is infamous for the 51st Grey Cup game out-of-bounds and late hit on B.C. Lions star running back Willie Fleming. With Fleming out of the game, the Tiger-Cats went on to win the Grey Cup and Mosca's reputation as being the meanest CFL player grew. It was a reputation he later promoted as the notorious professional wrestler "King Kong" Mosca.
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